Brutal Iron Gym

1910 - Q&A - Do I Really Have to Track Everything?

If you want to be successful towards a new goal you'll have to add new habits to your life.  When adding new habits it can be a challenge to be consistent.  One way to increase consistency is to track your efforts, but tracking your efforts takes effort!  It can increase stress and you may be fearful of seeing the truth of how consistent you really are... or are not.  So, you may wonder... do I really have to track everything?  In today's podcast we answer that question and provide advice for how to track with less stress!

1909 - Mindset - Perfection Leads to Failure

Do you feel that you have to be perfect in order to be successful?  If so, if you pursue perfection... you WILL fail!  Perfection is the OPPOSITE path to success!  What's the right path you ask?  Great question!  Listen in to today's podcast to find out!!!

1908 - In Depth - Managing Life with Nutrition and Training Goals

Are you struggling to balance self-care with your relationships, work, and other life demands?  In today's podcast I discuss this challenge and what I do to help me better balance these elements so I can continue to make progress in all areas!!!   Listen in to learn how you can do the same!!!

1907 – Training – Quick Thoughts on Current Popular Culture Training Concepts

In today's podcast I discuss current popular culture topics related to training and nutrition and provide a brief breakdown on each concept so YOU can know if it's something you should add to your efforts or skip entirely!

1906 - Nutrition - The Impact of Food Timing

Would you like to lose body fat WHILE building muscle and increasing strength?  Who wouldn't?!!  You may have heard that it's impossible to lose fat and build muscle at the same time however... that's actually not true!!!  In today's podcast we teach how you can actually achieve both goals within a single day!  And how you can do so overtime to help you achieve significant progress with both goals of fat loss and muscle / strength building!!!

1905 - Q&A - How to Get Started in Bodybuilding and Aesthetic Competitions

Are you considering competing in an aesthetic competition?  Bikini, Wellness, Figure, Women's Physique, Men's Physique, Classic Bodybuilding, or Bodybuilding?  If so, in today's podcast we discuss how to get started with nutrition, training, and supplements, as well as how to pick the right type of show, what organization to compete with and when to actually compete!  Lots of great information!!!

1904 - Mindset - Dont Quit, Dig Deeper!

If you're burned out, plateaued, and frustrated... if you're facing the decision of whether or not to quit... please listen to today's podcast!  When we feel like quitting it's often associated with us being at the end of what we know.  Instead of quitting, seek out increased knowledge!  Dig deeper into the subject, reach out to experts, consume new knowledge resources... learn more so you can try new tactics to hopefully create a new outcome!

1903 - Training - How to Maximize Fat Loss in Training

Do you want to burn the most calories possible while training in order to burn the most body fat?  If so, in today's podcast we discuss how to do exactly that!!!  What style of training is the best approach so that YOU can maximize your training efforts!

1902 - Nutrition - Focus on Convenience

If you want your diet to be more successful, aim to make it easier!!!  Focusing on convenience can increase your consistency to help increase your likelihood for success!

1901 - In Depth - with Meredith - How to Manage Stress When Pursuing New Goals

Are you feeling stressed?  Who isn't?! haha.  In the new year, in the pursuit of new goals, you'll likely already be managing current stress while facing new stress associated with the efforts towards the new goals... it can be overwhelming!!!  In today's podcast Meredith and I discuss our experiences with stress and goals and how YOU can better manage your stress to increase your chances of success!!!

1900 - Q&A - What Are Your Goals for 2024?

Have you set any specific goals for 2024?  In today's podcast we discuss why some people don't like setting goals AND why most people fail at achieving their goals!  We discuss those elements AND provide a mindset and approach that can help you not only set goals with an open mind but also improve your chances to be successful at the long-term vision of the goals!

1899 - Mindset - Forgetting the Now

In the pursuit of progress do you routinely remember to enjoy where you are?  You likely pursue progression every day, trying to get to "new", but in that pursuit we can sometimes forget to enjoy the "now".  Listen in to today's podcast to learn tactics you can implement to enjoy the now as you continue to work for the new!

1898 - Training - The Benefits of Using the Same Exercise Twice a Week

Are you struggling to get a stubborn body part to grow?  Are you struggling with a strength plateau in a specific exercise?  In today's podcast we discuss a programming tactic you can use to bust through those plateaus and make the progress you've been missing!!!

1897 - Nutrition - How Much Fat Do You Gain When You Overeat?

Have you ever overeaten and worried about how much fat you'll gain?  Worried about how much progress you'll be undoing?  In today's podcast we discuss how much fat we would expect to gain from over-eating and/or going off our usual nutrition routine!  This podcast is super helpful to put your fears into a correct perspective so that you can maintain motivation and not overcorrect potentially making any negative effect even worse!

1896 - Q&A - Powerlifting Template - From Beginner to Advanced

Want to learn a powerlifting training template that you can use from your first meet all the way to an Elite Total?  If so, today's podcast is for you!!!  In today's podcast I discuss a powerlifting training structure that I have used to help people all the way from their first meet to Elite Totals AND how YOU can use this template in a personalized way to do the same!!! 

1895 - Mindset - The Timeline of Your Life

When you look at your past... what are you most proud of?  What do you regret the most?  Looking back at our past can often help us to set up our future!  In today's podcast we discuss two lessons from the past that we can apply to the future to increase our happiness and accomplishments in the years and decades to come!

1894 - In Depth - with Meredith - Fun Christmas Related Fitness Questions

Merry Christmas!!!  Meredith and I have fun in today's podcast answering fun fitness Christmas related questions as well as discussing healthy nutrition, training, and mindset during the holidays and leading into the new year!  

1893 - Training - Methods to Increase Mind-Muscle Connection

Are you struggling with feeling the muscle you're supposed to be working?  If so, this can cause doubt in your technique, frustration in your workouts, and totally destroy your workout motivation!  In today's podcast we discuss 5 tips you can use to improve mind-muscle connection to help alleviate these concerns and put an end to this issue!

1892 - Nutrition - How to Increase Consistency

Are you struggling with consistency in your diet?  Do you miss meals, do you track your macros on some days but not others, do you feel overwhelmed with what to do so you revert back to old habits?  In today's podcast we discuss methods you can use to lessen the stress and increase your consistency so you can increase motivation and results!

1891 - Client Program Review - Strength, Aesthetics, and Injury Rehab

Want to learn about how I program for my clients?!  In today's podcast we discuss the nutrition and training programming I'm using to help a client who wants to get stronger, improve their aesthetics (bigger muscles while getting leaner), while also addressing old injury issues / concerns!  Lots of great information!!!